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Fust," he checked off these misfortunes, by laying the fingers of one hand successively in the palm of the other, "the timbers o' one o' the cross cuts fell an' the roof caved in an' them two men war kilt, an' thar famblies sued the company an' got mo' damages 'n the men war bodaciously wuth.
What's that?" asked Nate. "License? Why, a license," explained Si, "is something you git from the County Clerk. It's leave to git married, and published in the County paper." "Don't have t' have no leave from nobody down here t' git married. Hit's nobody's business but the man's an' the gal's, an' they'uns's famblies.
It swayed back and forth in the valley breeze, as if itself expostulating with him. "Dot's a goot sign," he pronounced. "Auf you go up te hill, tere ist te house I put up mit te moofers. First house. All convenient. You sthay tere. I coom along in te mornin'. Tere ist more as feefty famblies sthop mit tat house. Oh, nien, I don't keep moofers mit te tafern."
They have no families to support, nor would they be considered so great a loss to their friends as those who have wives and children." "'Tis right." "Very right." "Very fit it should be done," the men muttered one to another. But the four boys cried out against the injustice of it. "Our lives is just as dear to us as the rest iv yez," O'Brien protested. "An' our famblies, too.
He "hoped," he said, "as he had wore livery in 'igh famblies long enough to know a lady when he see one, an' if that was a lady he was no judge o' females." "The one at the Lodge," added Thomas loftily, "'Merican or no 'Merican, she's one o' the right sort, as any gentleman 'u'd reckinize with all a heye. I remarked it myself to Henery when fust we called there."
"Do I obsehve yu regyarding oweh ’settleahs,’ called settleahs ’cause they nevah settle?" Hank laughed gently, as one who has made a joke meet for ladies. "I’ve known whole famblies to bohn an’ raise right in one of them wagons; and tuhn out a mighty fine, endurin’ lot, too, this hyeh prospectin’ round afteh somethin’ they wouldn’t reco’nize if they met. Gits to be a habit same as drink.
Or mebby by now Reginald was turned loose in the open country to shift fur himself, among wild snakes that never had no human education nor experience; and what chancet would a friendly snake like Reginald have in a gang like that? Some women has jest simply got no conscience at all about their husbands and famblies, and that there Mrs. Ostrich was one of 'em.
Shrig as they strode along, "I vere the means o' four coves bein' topped d' ye see, 'ighvay robbery vith wiolence, 'bout a month ago, used to live round 'ere, they did, an' their famblies an' friends is windictive against me accordingly, an' werry nat'ral too, for 'uman natur' is only 'uman natur', ain't it? Werry good then.
Miss Vane nodded. "He hasn't said anything to me about it." "He probably intends to make special terms to the clergy. But he told me he was putting up the rates on all his 'famblies' this winter." "If he puts them up on me, I will take Barker too," said the minister boldly. "If he will come," he added, with less courage. "Well, I will go round to the Lodge, and see what he thinks of it.
Ah! ! That's what comes o' blowin'." For the post, being wild and free in the grain, had burst along the two mortices; one half running completely off, just above the ground. "Serve people right for puttin' in rails when wire would do," he continued, removing the screwjack. "Accidents will happen best reg'lated famblies. 'Tain't our business, anyhow.
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